In today’s press conference, the first in eight months, President Obama didn’t deny that leaks occurred, but that they “didn’t hurt national security.” Quite a difference from previous remarks:

Obama: Leak Accusations ‘Wrong’ and ‘Offensive’

“The notion that my White House would purposefully release classified national security information is offensive. It’s wrong,” the president told reporters at the White House Friday. “People, I think, need to have a better sense of how I approach this office and how the people around me here approach this office.”

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